diff --git a/Zend/tests/object_types/invalid_default_value.phpt b/Zend/tests/object_types/invalid_default_value.phpt
index 7317c5f2b58..2768e00e7d1 100644
--- a/Zend/tests/object_types/invalid_default_value.phpt
+++ b/Zend/tests/object_types/invalid_default_value.phpt
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ function test(object $obj = 42) { }
 
 ?>
 --EXPECTF--
-Fatal error: Default value for parameters with a object type can only be NULL in %s on line %d
+Fatal error: Default value for parameters with an object type can only be NULL in %s on line %d
diff --git a/Zend/zend_compile.c b/Zend/zend_compile.c
index d44417a1789..3835abb3854 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_compile.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_compile.c
@@ -5570,8 +5570,8 @@ void zend_compile_params(zend_ast *ast, zend_ast *return_type_ast) /* {{{ */
 
 						case IS_OBJECT:
 							zend_error_noreturn(E_COMPILE_ERROR, "Default value for parameters "
-								"with a %s type can only be NULL",
-								zend_get_type_by_const(ZEND_TYPE_CODE(arg_info->type)), zend_get_type_by_const(ZEND_TYPE_CODE(arg_info->type)));
+								"with an object type can only be NULL",
+								zend_get_type_by_const(ZEND_TYPE_CODE(arg_info->type)));
 							break;
 							
 						default: